Motor-support.



O No. 826,503. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

E. HASKELL.

MOTOR SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED DEO.14, 190s.

' UNITED STATES PATENT creme.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed December 14, 1903. Serial No- 185,044).

' To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EZRA HASKELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of l ew York, have invented a new and useful Motor-Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in supports for small motors intended to be used particularly with boot-blacking stands, in

, which by a certain peculiar construction and arrangement of parts provision is made for multiplex adjustment of the motor, as hereinafter set forth; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a boot-blacking stand with means for sus ending a nfotor in such a manner that it can e swung around a central point; second, to provide duplex means by which the motor may be tilted so 2. p as to permit its shaft or spindle to always assume the same eneral direction of the flexible shaft attac ed thereto, and, third, to provide a simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive evice for supporting a motor from a boot-blacking stan in such a way that it can be easily placed in a multiplicity of positions without in any way impairing its efficiency as an engine. I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fi ure 1 IS an end view of a boot-blacking stan having a motor suspended therefrom by my improved supfport Fig. 2, an enlargeyd top plan view 0 the motor and hoop; an 1 the motor which imparts motion to whichever of such devices is in action at the time, through the medium of a flexible shaft.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings a boot-blacking stand is represented at a, upon which is mounted a chair I) and foot-rest c. The chair I) is firmly held in position by means of staples d, rising from the floor of the stand a and engaging pins 6 in the chair-legs. A step '(g. 3, an enlarged side view of the mo-- or socket f is securel fastened to the back of the stand a directly elow a sleeve 9, which is securely attached to the back of the chair I). An arched or angular crane it has its long upright stepped in the socket f and supported by the sleeve g. crane h is provided with a hook '11, in which the bail j of the motor-hoop 7c is received. The crane it may be made up of sections of pipes,if desired, and may then serve as a conduit for the wires 1 Z, which convey the current to the motor, such wires entering such conduit at the base of its long upright after passing through a suitable opening or openings in the socket f and emerging from the short terminal just above the hook The hoop 7c is provided with oppositelydisposed trunnions m m, which are received into the ends of the bail' j, and the motor, which is designated by n, is provided with op The front or free end of the.

positely-disposed trunnions 0 0, which are received into suitable o enings in said, hoop, the supporting-axis of the motor being at right angles to the axis of the hoop. The motor at 1s thus suspended so that its shaft or spindle p normally stands in a vertical position.

One end of a flexible shaft 9 is operatively attached to the motor-spindle p and a spindle r is attached to the other end of said shaft. The spindle r is adapted to receive a revoluble 1polishing device, as shown at s in Fig. 1. he polishing device s, which has motion im arted thereto from the motor n, is directed y the hand of the operator,which grasps a sleeve t on the flexible shaft g adja cent the spindle r.

In operation the crane 72 may be swun about its center so as to bring the motor an connected polishing device into any convenient position relative to the occupant of the chair I) or of another chair on the stand a at either side of said chair I). The motor-spindle p can be moved freel dicular in any direction by reason of the duplex swinging motion afforded by the hoop 7c and the motor-bearings in the latter. Hence much fewer bends of the flexible shaft g are required to enable it to perform the necessary work than would be the case if the motor were immovably fixed to the crane. In addition to the aforesaid duplex movement the loose connection between the hook i and the bail j furnishes still more freedom of movement.

out of the perpen- The multiplicity of positions which may be given the motor and of angles which may be given the motor-spindle by In support, together with the flexibility of t e shaft g, onable the polishing device 8 to be held in any desired position, so that the work can be done thoroughly and expeditiously.

An additional advantage of suspending the motor so as to have its spindle normall assume a vertical position resides in the fact that a shorter flexible shaft is available and it can be used to better advantagethan if the normal position of said spindle were horizontal.

I desire to include any and all changes in shape, size, and arrangement of the diflerent parts of my support which fall within the scope of myinvention in the claims.

What I claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a swinging crane suitably supported and adapted to serve as a conduit for wires, of a bail so connected with said crane as to have free movement, a motor tiltably suspended. from said bail, and wires passing through the crane to said motor.

2. The combination with a swinging crane suitably supported and having a hook at its free end, of a bail adapted to be loosely su ported from said hook, a hoop adapted to e aeaeos loosely supported from said bail, and a motor adapted to be loosely supported from said hoop.

3. The combination with a swinging crane suitably supported, of a motor, a member carried by and ada ted to be swung from said crane, and a t1 table member between said motor and the member suspended directly from the crane, the motor being adapted to be tilted relative to its immediate supporting member. a V

4. The combination, in a motor-support, with a motor having trunnions, a hoop to receive said trunnions and itself having trunnions, a bail to receive the hoop-trunnions, and a crane to support said hoop.

5. The combination, in a motor-support, with a motor having trunnions, a hoop to receive such trunnions and itself having trunnions, a bail to receive the hoop-trunnions, and a crane provided with a hook for said bail, said hook being adapted to permit the bail to swing freely.

In testimony whereof I have signed'my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EZRA HASKELL.

Witnesses:

WILBUR F. SMITH WILLIAM BAL. 

